Drive belt dressing
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I doubt that applying a dressing to a toothed drive belt would do anything other than attract dust.
Not that it would harm anything, but these are made to run exposed to all kinds of weather, so keeping anything on them after about a mile of wet roads would be impossible.
I remember in my youth on the farm...old v-belt equipment needed the occasional squirt of belt dressing, but that was on tensioned v-pulleys that used the sides of the belt for friction. The toothed nature of H-D belts eliminates that need. Assuming the tension is within spec, the teeth provide all of the drive, not the sides.
And, just like tires, these belts benefit from yet another 30-40 years of development.
All the best,
Shane
Not that it would harm anything, but these are made to run exposed to all kinds of weather, so keeping anything on them after about a mile of wet roads would be impossible.
I remember in my youth on the farm...old v-belt equipment needed the occasional squirt of belt dressing, but that was on tensioned v-pulleys that used the sides of the belt for friction. The toothed nature of H-D belts eliminates that need. Assuming the tension is within spec, the teeth provide all of the drive, not the sides.
And, just like tires, these belts benefit from yet another 30-40 years of development.
All the best,
Shane
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